Hijman de Swarte was a son of Ruben de Swarte and Rebecca de Swarte. His parents were cousins and they had eight children together, viz. Meijer, Abraham Lion, Sara, Izaak, Judith, Joseph, Barend and Hijman. Barens died already after five weeks and Joseph survived the war. All the others were murdered during the Shoah.
As the 4th child Hijman was born on 24 January 1887 in Amsterdam. He was a merc…
Person is in the National Database of Victims of Persecution